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Arthur J. Gallagher Names Chilton as CEO of UK-Based Brokerage

Feb 23 2015 // Arthur J. Gallagher & Co. announced that Grahame “Chily” Chilton has been named CEO of the company’s UK-based international brokerage division, subject to regulatory approval. Chilton will be...

Business Moves

Feb 23 2015 // Majesco, Agile Insurance technology firm Majesco has completed the acquisition of the insurance business of Agile Technologies, a technology consulting firm with revenues of more than $9 million. Terms of the deal were not...

Arthur J. Gallagher Acquires Cohn Financial in Arizona

Feb 17 2015 // Arthur J. Gallagher & Co. has acquired Cohn Financial Group LLC located in Phoenix, Ariz. Terms of the deal were not disclosed. Michael Cohn and his associates will continue to operate in their current location under...

AssuredPartners Hires AJG’s Gardner as Regional President in Penn.

Feb 13 2015 // AssuredPartners Inc. has hired Matthew Gardner as regional president. He is based in Fort Washington, Pennsylvania, and will report to AssuredPartners President and COO Tom Riley. In this new role, Gardner will build and...

Arthur J. Gallagher Acquires Aequus Trade Credit in New Jersey

Feb 2 2015 // Arthur J. Gallagher & Co. today announced the acquisition of Aequus Trade Credit LLC in Warren, New Jersey. Terms of the transaction were not disclosed. Established in 1997, Aequus Trade Credit is a specialist...

People – Midwest

Jan 26 2015 // Hays Companies announced that Steve Topel has joined its Chicago operations as president of property and casualty. Topel joins Hays Companies with extensive leadership experience. He served as the president and chief sales...

Arthur J. Gallagher & Co. Acquires e3 Financial in California

Jan 12 2015 // Arthur J. Gallagher & Co. has acquired e3 Financial in Newport Beach, Calif. Terms of the deal were not disclosed. e3 provides employee benefits brokerage, human resource administration and financial benefits...

Business Moves

Jan 12 2015 // Brown & Brown, Global Benefit Strategies Florida-based national insurance broker Brown & Brown Inc. announced that its New Jersey-based subsidiary Brown & Brown Metro Inc. has acquired certain assets of...

Kluting Joins Arthur J. Gallagher Risk Management Services in Michigan

Jan 9 2015 // Arthur J. Gallagher Risk Management Services Inc., the U.S. retail property/casualty brokerage division of Arthur J. Gallagher & Co. has hired Steve Kluting in its Grand Rapids, Mich., office. In his new role as area...

Arthur J. Gallagher Acquires Affinity Marketing Group in Massachusetts

Dec 18 2014 // Arthur J. Gallagher & Co. announced the acquisition of Affinity Marketing Group LLC in Natick, Massachusetts. Terms of the transaction were not disclosed. Established in 2001, Affinity Marketing Group (AMG) is a...

Arthur J. Gallagher Acquires Independent Benefit Services in Maryland

Dec 17 2014 // Arthur J. Gallagher & Co. today announced the acquisition of Independent Benefit Services Inc. (iBEN) located in Rockville, Maryland. Terms of the transaction were not disclosed. Founded in 1989, iBEN provides...

Arthur J. Gallagher Acquires O’Gorman & Young in New Jersey

Dec 15 2014 // Arthur J. Gallagher & Co. announced the acquisition of O’Gorman & Young Inc., headquartered in Chatham, New Jersey, including its affiliate G.R. Murray Insurance, in Princeton, New Jersey. Terms of the...

World’s Top 15 Commercial Lines Brokers Write 43% of Business: Finaccord

Dec 1 2014 // The world’s top 15 insurance brokers write more than 43 percent of the commercial lines property/casualty business globally, according to a new ranking by London research firm Finaccord. The same report says that the...

Arthur J. Gallagher Acquires Iowa-Based Miller-Harrison Insurance Services

Nov 20 2014 // Arthur J. Gallagher & Co. announced it has acquired Miller-Harrison Insurance Services in Muscatine, Iowa. Terms of the transaction were not disclosed. Founded in 1919, Miller-Harrison is a retail insurance broker...

Arthur J. Gallagher Acquires The Titan Group in Virginia

Nov 14 2014 // Arthur J. Gallagher & Co. announced the acquisition of The Titan Group, LLC located in Richmond, Virginia. Terms of the transaction were not disclosed. Founded in 2001, Titan provides human resource consulting...

Arthur J. Gallagher Acquires Illinois’ The Forker Co.

Nov 12 2014 // Arthur J. Gallagher & Co. has acquired The Forker Company in Arlington Heights, Ill. Terms of the transaction were not disclosed. Established in 2000, The Forker Company (Forker) is a retail insurance agency that...

World’s Top 15 Commercial Lines Brokers Write 43% of Business: Finaccord

Nov 12 2014 // The world’s top 15 insurance brokers write more than 43 percent of the commercial lines property/casualty business globally, according to a new ranking by London research firm Finaccord. The same report says that the...

Arthur J. Gallagher Acquires SGB-NIA Insurance Brokers in California

Nov 10 2014 // Arthur J. Gallagher & Co. has acquired SGB-NIA Insurance Brokers headquartered in Woodland Hills, Calif. Terms of the deal were not disclosed. SGB-NIA provides retail property/casualty, risk management and employee...

Arthur J. Gallagher Acquires Discovery Benefit Solutions in California

Nov 6 2014 // Arthur J. Gallagher & Co. has acquired Discovery Benefit Solutions Inc. in San Diego, Calif. Terms of the deal were not disclosed. Discovery Benefit Solutions provides employee benefit consultation, management and...

William Gallagher in Boston Promotes Sharkey to Executive VP

Oct 21 2014 // William Gallagher Associates (WGA) in Boston promoted Jennifer Sharkey to executive vice president from senior vice president. As leader of the firm’s ExecutiveRisk Practice, Sharkey is responsible for the strategic...